“Thank you for what you do and taking care of them,” Trump told the orphanage staff, according to Fox News.

The first lady learned about the facility and the circumstances surrounding the children. She also read a story to the children and received a story reading in return.

Some background: The Nest Children’s Home opened in 1997 to rescue children of imprisoned mothers and now cares for 130 children at their Nairobi facility and more than one hundred more at three other locations. @flotus donated blankets and toys and books.

She also saw a site of an ivory burn that’s meant to discourage poachers.

. @FLOTUS gets out of her vehicle with a guide to look at the site of an ivory burn — done to discourage poachers. The mounds are ivory ash. She asked several questions and spent several minutes at the site, then signed the guest book. #flotusinafrica2018pic.twitter.com/kk5drAOcon